Here is the long-promised Volume 2 - Boardgame Babylon History and Secrets, Part 1. I had planned to do a personal gaming history show for ages, like most podcasters do at the launch of their show. But one thing and another kept getting in the way or was more exciting - after all, I'd rather talk about the games themselves than yap about how I got into the hobby and such. Plus, part of me wondered if listeners would even be interested in such a show at the birth of the podcast since they didn't know if it was worth listening to yet. But I realized that I've enjoyed similar shows done by other podcasters I like so I finally managed to finish it about a month ago.

Then work got even more nuts than usual and so here we are. Also, I'd planned to include some answers to frequently asked questions about the show but after I'd finished rambling, I decided I would do a second show to cover that portion - the "Secrets" bit. In truth, once I'd edited the podcast down for content, it was short enough but I'd already done the second part as a separate podcast so instead, you get two shorter ones instead of one huge podcast.

I forgot to mention that if you are attending GenCon SoCal the weekend before Thanksgiving, please drop by on November 18th at 2PM and see me at the Board Gamer Podcasting Panel. I will be there along with other members of the game podcasting community. If I can manage it, I'll even be giving away a free Boardgame Babylon t-shirt or two to listeners that can answer a trivia question about the show (won't be hard - just want to make sure it goes to a regular listener).

Next up: Boardgame Babylon: History and Secrets, Part 2 will be up soon, then a session review and a few other things before I take the month of November off from podcasting so I can focus on NaNoWriMo. File your complaints with Mur Lafferty, the woman whose podcast inspired (read: guilt-tripped) me to start up a new book on a schedule.

Show Notes

A Selection of Games Mentioned:

Tripoley  D&D  GURPS  Illuminati  Junta  Globbo!  Up Front  Panzergruppe Guderian  Blood Royale  Belter  Triplanetary  Wiz-War

Other Links:

TI99/4A  Tunnels of Doom  Temple of Elemental Evil

Fantasy Games Unlimited  Z-Man Games  Fantasy Flight Games

GDW  Steve Jackson Games  Darwin Bromley  Rio Grande

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire CD-ROMs - This set includes the three CD-ROMs that I wrote completely (I just produced the previous one with Jellyvision). Trivia - In the Sports Edition, when you phone a friend, you call one of Regis' friends and they are all named after my father and his numerous brothers and sisters. Also, you can't use my name when playing any of them or Regis will taunt you.

The Dark Domain BBS - No link and it has nothing to do with this BBS documentary DVD of ASCII artwork nor any recent uses of the name. The BBS I called signed off back in the 80's and appears to be without an online archive. I only have one friend left from those days so the crazy folks that made the place so interesting are long lost to me.

Origins  Strategicon  GenCon SoCal 

Orange County Boardgames  Socal Gamesday  SoCal Gamers 

Comments haven't been working for most people lately because I had turned on the spam guard because I was getting slammed by comment spam (oddly enough, it seemed to all be hitting the RA: In depth show - insult to injury, man).

Anyway, I've disabled it now and just set it to moderation since the spam has slowed down. I'll still have to delete the spam when it comes but at least you can post comments.

Sorry for the delay in the latest shows but work has kept me extraordinarily busy. Volume 2 and 25 will both be posted soon.